On 24 February 2025, Jana Bernhard-Harrer presented her remarkable research in her dissertation entitled "Validation in Unsupervised Computational Text Analysis". Her insightful work delved deep into the complexities of validating machine-driven insights and made a valuable contribution to the field.

Jana's exceptional performance and thesis impressed the members of her thesis committee, including Anne Kroon and Annett Heft, as well as her supervisors Hajo G. Boomgaarden, Jakob-Moritz Eberl and Peter Tolochko. Their recognition of her outstanding contribution reflects the quality of her work and the significance of her findings.

A notable result of her research is a study on the impact of validation method on model choice, which can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.5117/CCR2023.1.13.BERN

We congratulate Jana Bernhard-Harrer on her successful defence and look forward to her future contributions to our team!